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- State: New York
- Capital: Albany
- Admission to Union: July 26, 1788
- Nickname: Empire State
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State Background:
In 1609 Henry Hudson, whom the river is named, claimed the area for the Dutch. In 1624 the first colonists arrived and in 1644 the colony was taken over by Britain. On April 20, 1777 New York declared Independence and the state ratified the Constitution the following year.
New York is a state in the northeastern United States. It is sometimes called New York State when there is need to distinguish it from New York City. Because of the preponderance of the population concentrated in the southern portion around New York City, the state is often regionalized into Upstate and Downstate.
Sources: Wikipedia.com, May 2006
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